Jules Color

#a73940

Jules is soft, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #58c6bf
Complementary Color #38a7a0
Color Shade: cool red (356.18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.92% (better contrasting with white)
Jules Color Sample
Jules Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a73940

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Jules Color. The Honey Chili color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Red Pear (#7b3539) for more calm effect. Try Wild Currant as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#38a7a0 is the best complementary color to Jules. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a73940 complementary color is Keppel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Stiletto are #a73876 and #a76938. Thus found on the left and right of #a73940 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Royal Heath and Brown Rust colors as they work well with Jules.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Jules palette consists of #3876a7 and #38a769 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#38a7a0). Try Astral and Chateau Green colors in combination with #a73940, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #a73940 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Jules. Thus Sapphire and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Jules contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Keppel, Sushi, and Royal Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #a73940 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Jules tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#38a7a0) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vivid Violet – 120° from the complementary Keppel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #40a738 and #9f38a7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a73940 is made of 58% red, 20% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Jules has a hue angle of 356.18°, a saturation of 49.11% and a lightness of 43.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a73940 is made of 0% cyan, 43.14% magenta, 40.39% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a73940
RGB Decimal rgb(167,57,64)
RGB Percentage 58%, 20%, 22%
CMYK 0, 43.14, 40.39, 34.51
HSL hsl(356.18,49.11%,43.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.18,65.87%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.4296,45.618,20.7366)
XYZ xyz(18.3249,11.5119,6.1067)
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